Ruling · Lakṣmī Pañcamī · 2003

Monday 7 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 48 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 6 April

Pañcamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Pañcamī begins 13:32:45
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 7 April

Taken. The only midday Pañcamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Pañcamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pañcamī runs from 13:33 on Sun 6 Apr to 15:57 on Mon 7 Apr.

    2003-04-06T05:32:46Z → 2003-04-07T07:56:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 6th, 11:57–12:45 on the 7th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pañcamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 2859 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Lakṣmī Pañcamī, Baoding, 2003: Monday 7 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Lakṣmī Pañcamī 2003 falls on Monday 7 April. Pañcamī runs from 13:33 on Sun 6 Apr to 15:57 on Mon 7 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/lakshmi-panchami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 6 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/lakshmi-panchami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pañcamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 5 Sri pancami or Laksmi pancami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePañcamīMadhyāhna 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:33 → 00:5712:3248 min12:310 min6 Apr
Chicago23:33 → 02:5712:2948 min12:290 min6 Apr
Jersey City00:33 → 03:5712:3548 min12:350 min6 Apr
Port of Spain01:33 → 03:5711:4548 min11:440 min6 Apr
London06:33 → 08:5712:4048 min12:390 min6 Apr
Durban07:33 → 09:5711:3448 min11:340 min6 Apr
Dubai09:33 → 11:5711:5848 min11:570 min6 Apr
Delhi11:03 → 13:2712:0048 min12:0048 min6 Apr
Kolkata11:03 → 13:2711:1548 min11:1548 min6 Apr
Singapore13:33 → 15:5712:430 min12:4348 min7 Apr
Sydney15:33 → 17:5711:340 min11:3348 min7 Apr
Suva17:33 → 19:5711:450 min11:4548 min7 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
lakshmi-panchami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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